The reason cats love being patted on the butt, and the story of how my cat Mimi-tan's love is too heavy🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈🐾🐈*:.｡..｡.:+・ﾟ・*:.｡..｡.:+

My senior rescue cat, Mimi-tan,
loves me way too much.

She naturally follows me
to the bathroom and even into the shower.

When I sit down, she quickly comes to my right side
and stands by with her butt facing me.
The silent pressure of
"Please pat me" slowly starts to weigh on me.

It's cute. It's cute, but...
it's a little tiring. (I'm being honest.)

❓Why do cats want their butts patted?

There seems to be a real reason why cats
enjoy being patted around the base of their tail.
First, let's talk about anatomy.

The base of the tail, the so-called sacrum area,
is packed with nerves, and moderate stimulation
feels pleasantly like a massage.

Moreover, this area is close to the nerves
connected to the reproductive organs,
making it a spot that reacts sensitively to stimulation.

When patted, happy hormones like dopamine and
oxytocin are released from the brain,
which is why many cats make blissful expressions
or lose their strength and collapse on the spot.
There is also a theory that for female cats,

it evokes a sensation close to the "lordosis response"
(that posture where they lift their butt high
and arch their back) seen during heat🐈💓
It is said that the reaction is especially strong

in cats that haven't been spayed,
but many spayed/neutered cats and male cats
also enjoy it very much.
Mimi-tan is one of them.
To dig a little deeper, it's also connected to

cat grooming behavior.

When cats groom each other,
they lick areas like their back and tail
that are hard for them to reach themselves.

By having a human pat them,
it seems there is an aspect of gaining
a sense of comfort similar to that grooming.

It could be called a confirmation process
of "you are my companion."🐱

🍑Turning their butt toward you is proof of love

Cats naturally have an instinct not to
turn their back or butt toward an enemy.

As a wild instinct, showing their defenseless back
is directly linked to life-threatening danger.🙀

Therefore, daring to turn their butt toward you,
and even waiting for you, is
an expression of "I trust you."
It's a cat's way of greeting

that they only show to someone they know won't attack.
Stalking me, taking up position on my right side,
and waiting with her butt turned toward me.

Mimi-tan's series of actions were all
expressions of love.

It's a little tiring, but
I understand it well.

That you love me.💓🫶

✴︎✨Mimi-tan's full course of love expressions✨✴︎🐱

It's not just waiting for butt pats.
Mimi-tan has a full lineup of love expressions.
Lying down and showing her belly.

For a cat, the belly is the most vital of vital points.
Showing this seems to be the ultimate expression of trust,
"I can be completely defenseless in front of you."

However, showing her belly and letting me touch it
are two different things, so if I get carried away
and go to touch it, I get scolded.
She licks my hand that is petting her.

Mimi-tan is that type too.
She's just showing it.

🩵Rubbing her body against me.

Head, cheeks, sides... rubbing against me
with every possible part is an expression of love
and at the same time, it's "territorial marking."
Cats have scent glands around their face and body,

and by rubbing, they are leaving their scent.
In other words, a "you are mine" declaration.
I get this every morning.

💓


Purring.Generally, it's a sign of happiness or peace of mind,but it's said that they sometimes purr

when they are feeling pain or stress.
There is research that the frequency of purring (25-150Hz)
promotes the recovery of bones and muscles,

so it seems there is an aspect of cats purring
to heal themselves.
I want to believe that Mimi-tan's purring is especially loud
because she is happy.

🐾Kneading with her front paws.

This is a remnant of the behavior where kittens
knead with their front paws to help
the mother cat's milk flow when nursing.

The fact that they do it even after becoming adults
is proof that they are completely at ease.

She does it regardless of whether it's a blanket,
clothes, or a human's stomach.

🐾Stepping on the top of my foot with her hind legs.

I noticed this recently, but
this is also said to be one of the expressions of love.

A sign of affection saying "Stay there" or "I want to be by your side."
It hurts a little every time I'm stepped on,

and it's a bit of a problem when I'm in a hurry, but
was she stepping on me because she likes me, Mimi-tan?
I think her staring at me

out of jealousy toward other cats
comes from the same feeling.
"Hey, look at me."💓

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Summary: 🐰Thank you🐰💓

A cat's "like" is much simpler than a human's,
and much more straightforward🩵

Following, waiting, marking, stepping on me.
They don't use words, but
everything means "I like you."
It can be a little tiring sometimes, but
that weight is ☺️🫶💕

Mimi-tan is waiting on my right side again today.
I think I'll give her a pat🐱💕